John Gallagher Jr.

John Gallagher Jr.

Birthday: 1984-06-17

Place of Birth: Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Biography: John Howard Gallagher Jr. (born June 17, 1984) is an American actor and musician known for originating the role of Moritz Stiefel in Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's rock musical Spring Awakening, which earned him a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He also played Johnny in Green Day's Broadway musical, American Idiot, Lee in the 2011 Broadway production of Jerusalem, and Edmund in the 2016 Broadway revival of Long Day's Journey Into Night. He portrayed Jim Harper in Aaron Sorkin's drama series The Newsroom, starred in the HBO mini-series Olive Kitteridge, and played Emmett DeWitt in 10 Cloverfield Lane.

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Pieces of April
Pieces of April

Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment mil...

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Jonah Hex
Jonah Hex

Gunslinger Jonah Hex is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin Turnbul...

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Abandoned
Abandoned

After a young couple moves into a remote farmhouse with their infant son, the woman's struggles with...

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The Same Storm
The Same Storm

Snapshots of the tumults of the COVID-19 pandemic....

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Gone in the Night
Gone in the Night

Upon arriving at a remote cabin in the redwoods, Kath and her boyfriend find a mysterious younger co...

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The Good Student
The Good Student

When Ally, a popular teen and local celebrity goes missing, her small suburban town erupts in panic....

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Margaret
Margaret

17-year-old Lisa feels certain that she inadvertently played a role in causing a traffic accident th...

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Whatever Works
Whatever Works

Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impress...

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Spring Awakening: Those You've Known
Spring Awakening: Those You've Known

Fifteen years after the smash, Tony-winning Broadway run of "Spring Awakening," the original cast an...

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Short Term 12
Short Term 12

Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a n...

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Broadway Idiot
Broadway Idiot

Broadway Idiot follows Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong from a punk rock concert at Madison Square G...

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The Heart Machine
The Heart Machine

A man begins to suspect that his long-distance girlfriend, whom he met online but has never met in p...

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Which Brings Me to You
Which Brings Me to You

Two romantic burnouts, Jane and Will, are immediately drawn to each other at a mutual friend’s weddi...

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10 Cloverfield Lane
10 Cloverfield Lane

After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where ...

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The Belko Experiment
The Belko Experiment

A group of eighty American workers are locked in their office and ordered by an unknown voice to par...

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Hush
Hush

A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home....

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The Miseducation of Cameron Post
The Miseducation of Cameron Post

Pennsylvania, 1993. After getting caught with another girl, teenager Cameron Post is sent to a conve...

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The Flamingo Rising
The Flamingo Rising

When Hubert Lee decides to open the world's largest drive-in movie theater across the street from a ...

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The Best of Enemies
The Best of Enemies

Centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C....

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Sadie
Sadie

While her father is away serving in the military, Sadie battles to preserve his place on the home fr...

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Peppermint
Peppermint

A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daugh...

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Underwater
Underwater

After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along...

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American Woman
American Woman

A political activist helps take care of a group of America’s most wanted fugitives, including a well...

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Short Term 12: Behind the Scenes
Short Term 12: Behind the Scenes

A behind the scenes from film Short Term 12...

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Come Play
Come Play

Oliver, a lonely autistic boy, seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. Wh...

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I.S.S.
I.S.S.

Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a conflict breaks out on...

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Eleven Days
Eleven Days

In the sweltering heat of a Texas summer in 1974, Jim Estelle, head of the Texas Department of Corre...

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